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Comment by Humanmage

As some of you might've already found out, this pet's summoning spell is taught by the Sapphire Cub item.Upon learning this item it'll become an uncommon pet instead of the rare which the item is.This means that while the quality of the item is always rare, the pet itsself won't be rare.Be careful of this if you're picky about the pet rarity, you might be better (and cheaper) off finding the rare quality version on the Auction House straight away. This might depend on the price on stones and upgraded pets on your server.

As for the battlepet itsself: Obviously it has a very, very high speed stat. As a matter of fact, it's speed stat is the highest of all pets, shared with the Zergling and Cheetah Cub. The rare version of this pet will have a dazzling 390 speed at max level.HOWEVER, this comes with a drawback: The health of this pet will only be 1075 at level 25 (at rare quality), this is very low.(The attack stat is at a relatively normal 260 for rare quality at max level, so the only trade-off is health for speed)

As for wether or not the high speed makes the pet worth using, or the low health makes this unusable is a personal matter I guess. My own opinion would be that the health is too low, making it too easy to kill, even considering it's huge likelyhood of striking first.

(Historical info: This pet used to be learned at a random rarity. A hotfix on December 10th 2012 changed the pet to always be an uncommon quality. This is why you might be able to find poor and common quality pets on the auction house).

Comment by Aaro

Currently tied with Cheetah Cub and Zergling as the fastest non-Flying pet in the game. His assortment of Beast and Elemental moves makes him much more powerful than his spotted contemporary, giving him an edge against both Critters and Mechanicals. But due to his fast speed, he has low health as a result, making him less resilient.

Comment by Aquifel

As of today's hotfix patch notes:Newly created Sapphire Cubs will now always be of Uncommon quality.So, no need to keep buying them up hoping for a rare, save your money for a battlestone.

Comment by Destrotyrant

This pet counters Blingtron's Lil Bling in the celestial tournament well. Just spam lash and when Lil Bling's health is below 75 percent use rake to cause the one attack that does normal damage to the sapphire cub to deal 50 percent less damage.